Saturday, February 07, 2009

Spelling Dilemma

First, a disclaimer. I am not an English major. And I know that I sometimes *gasp* make typos and spelling errors. I had an English teacher who drilled into us the importance of good spelling and professionalism. If you find one, please let me know. Either send an e-mail to juliesweeps at hotmail.com. Or, even feel free to post a comment. But please be kind!

I see three main types of spelling errors: typos (fingers on the wrong place at the wrong time); mispelled werds (forgetting the spelling rules); and word use (correct word, wrong place). Personally, I see no excuse for the most of the first two types of mistakes. Spell check programs are abundant. Even my posting box in Blogger has a spell check. (Which is good, because I've made a few typos while making this post! I even had help spelling dilemma in the title!)

The third type (wrong word) is easy to make. (See the famous "spell checker poem" at the end of this post. Recently I saw a review blogger with a "PR welcome" note. It said, "if your interested...." instead of "if you're interested" or "if you are interested". I seriously considered contacting the blogger to help her. If I were a PR rep, misspellings would be a red alert.

So, would you want me to let you know (privately, not in a comment) if I see a misspelled (or misplaced) word on your blog?

Here's an oldie, but goodie about the spell checker. (I first read it as "Ode to a Spell Checker")

Candidate for a Pullet Surpriseby Mark Eckman and Jerrold H. Zar

I have a spelling checker,It came with my PC.It plane lee marks four my revueMiss steaks aye can knot sea.

7 comments:

Yes, I would hope that if I had a major 'foe paw', somebody would come and point it out for me. I have seen 'your' instead of "you're" many times and it drives me up a tree every time. LOL And I saw 'weather' instead of 'whether' the other day too. But sometimes if the word itself isn't spelled wrong, but is the wrong word, spell check doesn't catch it. Including in blogger. I noticed that one just today! : ) I always read my posts after they're up. I tend to see things I missed that way.

I think if it were a huge mistake or what not (like using 'your' for "you're"...their, there, they're is another one that irks me), then yes. But if it's a simple spelling mistake then I don't think so. If someone did point one out, depending on my mood, I would either be thankful, or think they had too much time on their hands, lol.

I would say please let me know in a comment...or via email....I hate misspellings...I too had a teacher that would drill us with misspelled words constantly. Now, I do not profess to have a clue about grammar...LOL....spelling...I pride myself on.

Find Me

Subscribe To

Followers

Check this out!

Who am I?

I'm a full time working mom of 3 (ages 10, 12 and 18). I've been married to my best friend for 28 years. I'm currently 1/5 of the way through losing half of my body weight. I blog about it at Half a Julie. After a 2 year plateau (no loss, but no gain), I'm moving again! I'm a runner. In addition to working full time and homeschooling the oldest two, I have completed 8/10 classes for my masters degree (graduating in May 2016!).